Bed and couch spring.



A. S. MEADOFF.

BED AND COUCH SPRING. APPLICATION FILED FEB. :8. 19m. .REHEWED fun/19.1915.

Patented Apr. 2,1918.

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ABRAHAM s. mnanorr, or ew ronK, N. an, ASSIGNOR TO SUSPENSION BED SPRINGmaNurAc'ru-nmo COMPANY, or NEW roux, N. Y., A conroRA'rroN on NEW YORK.

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Application filed February 18, 1914,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM S. MEAD- OFF, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed and CouchSprings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in bed and couch springs.It pertains particularly to springs of the kind which are provided withfinished side edges to protect persons, against injury and prevent thetearing of mattresses and bed clothes. The side edges of such springsare usually composed of flat metal strips with uneven edges or, incertain springs, the ends of wires form part of the edge. Children, forinstance, are liable to scratch their skin whereby even bloodpoisoningmay result.

The present invention further, has for its purpose to strengthen orreinforce the entire spring so that sagging is limited but the desirablecushion etl'ect retained. The invention is especially applicable to thesocalled National fabrics springs. Most of the edges of the nationalfabrics springs, when some one rests thereon, directly fall right to theedge of the angle line of the bed as there'is no support or finishededge to the spring; in other words, there is no finish to the side edgesof the same.

In order to render the invention entirely clear, reference is had to theaccompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 represents in perspective view a bed or couch spring showingone form of an inner portion of a national fabrics spring and embodyingin desirable form the present improvements of the finished edges.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one corner of such finished side edge.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section of a side edge.

Fig. 3 illustrates one style of connection of a finished edge to thecross part of the frame.

Fig. 4 represents double connection of the finished edge by means of twohelical springs.

Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the edgeshowing a modified form of thesame.

Fig. 6 illustrates in cross-sectionanother modified form of the finishededge.

Specification of'Letters Patent.

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' strengthening Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Serial No. 819,318. Renewed July 19, 1915. Serial No. 40,810.

and 7), b are the supporting metal rods connected to the cross frameparts by means of angular braces 0, 0 The nationalfabrics springd isshown, in this figure, to be connected to the short cros frame parts bymeans of helical springs e, while the side ends of the wires of thespring are hooked into the finished and strengthening edges forming thesubject matter of the present invention.

,As shown in the drawing. the finishin and strengthening side devicesare pref erably made of metal sheeting and comprise each a tubularportion 7 which when applied forms the outer smooth edge portion of theprotective device. The remaining portion of the metal sheeting ispressed together forming a double flat portion 7 which extends towardthe center of the spring, and, therefore, its edge can not come incontact with persons or bed clothes. The inner-fiat portion f isprovided with openings f which are adapted to receive the curved wireends of the spring. This construction is shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Theinner end portions of the protective device are crimped over, as shownat f in Figs. 1 and 2. This is so arranged that the crimped portions arelocated-on the bottom of the flat section of the device.

In Fig. 6 of the drawing a protective device is shown in cross-sectionin which the upper portion of the sheeting forming the flat portion 7 islonger and crimped over 1 onto the lower portion, as shown at f". Thisadds an additional protective feature to the device.

For the purpose of increasing the feature of the device a heavy metalwire 9 passes through the tubular portion 7. This wire forms a hook ateach end and connects with a helical spring .2 which is hooked into thecross frame part a, as shown in Fig. 1. For certain constructions ofsprings it may be advisable to dispense with the helical spring 6 andconnect the wire 9 directly with the cross frame part a,

as shown at h in Fig. 3.

Anothermodification of the protective and Strengthening device is shownin Fig. 4 in which two helical springs e e are connected to the crossframe part a. vThe spring 0 is connected to the wire 9 which passesthrough the tubular portion f of the device and the spring 0? isconnected to the flat inner portion of the same. This imparts additionalstrength to the device and assures uniform movement of both the tubularand flat portions of the device when someone rests on the spring.

In order to ening effect of the device the crimped over portion f of theflat section 7 is so shaped as -to leave a small channel throughout itsentire length. A second wire '5 is run through this small channel, asshown in Fig. 5. This wire is also connected to the cross frame part ain suitable manner. This also tends to produce a uniform motion of thedevice as far as its cushion effect permits and no sagging or bendingdown of the flat por tion 7, farther than the tubular portion f, ispossible.

I claim as my invention:

1. A bed and couch spring comprising a frame, a wire spring connectedthereto, protective and reinforcing side edges on said spring consistingeach of an outer tubular portion and an inner flat portion integraltherewith having openings adapted to receive the wire spring ends, and arod extending through the said outer tubular portion and connected atits ends to the short cross parts of the said frame. v

2. A bed and couch spring comprising a frame, a wire spring connectedthereto, pro tective and reinforcing side edges on said springconsisting each of an outer tubular portion, an inner flat portionhaving openings adapted to receive the wire spring ends,

further increase the strength-' menace and a rod passing through thetubular portion of the side edge, means for connecting said rod andseparate means for connecting the flat portion of the device both to theshort cross parts of the frame.

3. A bed and couch spring comprising a frame, a wire spring connectedthereto, pro tective and reinforcing side edges on the spring made ofmetal sheeting consisting each of an outer tubular portion and a fiatinner portion integral therewith formed of the sheeting and havingopenings adapted to directly receive the spring wire ends, a rodextending through the said tubular por tion and having a loop at eachend, and means connecting said looped ends of the rod to the short crossparts of the frame.

4. A bed and couch spring comprising a. frame, a wire spring connectedthereto, protective and reinforcing side edges on the spring made ofmetal sheeting consisting each of an outer tubular portion, a flat innerportion formed of the end portions of the sheeting and having openingsadapted to receive the spring wire ends, said flat portion having adownwardly crimped over inner end edge forming a small channel, a metalrod passing through the said tubular portion and having a loop at eachend, a metal rod passing through the smaller channel of the said flatend portion and having two end loops, said rods at their looped endsbeing connected with the short cross parts of sa1d frame.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 17th day of February, 1914:.

ABRAHAM S. MEADOFF. Witnesses:

SIGMUND RUBIN, MARIE R. LEAHY.

